Tim Jennings 50 Years of the Professional Senior Horticulturist Tim Jennings graduated from the Professional Horticulture Program Horticulture Program in 1988 and oversees Longwood’s outdoor Waterlily Display, and the Fern Passage and Rose House in the PAID Conservatory. Jennings teaches several popular water gardening US Postage Started in 1970, the Professional Horticulture Program (previously Permit No. 474 Permit Today’s Horticulture called the Professional Gardener Program) is a combination courses and plant identification classes at Longwood, and can Non-Profit Organization Non-Profit West Chester, PA 19380 PA Chester, West of practical training alongside Longwood Gardens staff and answer almost any question about waterlilies. Symposium collegiate-level coursework designed to cover key concepts and William Bryant Logan career development skills across core horticultural modules. William Bryant Logan is a certified arborist and the author of February 7, 2020 In addition to being tuition-free, the two-year Professional several books including Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth; Oak: Horticulture Program enables students to live rent-free on the The Frame of Civilization; Air: The Restless Shaper of the World; and Longwood grounds, receive hourly pay, and enjoy a number Sprout Lands: Tending the Endless Gifts of Trees. He is the founder of other benefits including travel abroad and certification and president of Urban Arborists in New York City and serves on opportunities. The Professional Gardener Alumni Association the faculty of the New York Botanical Garden. (PGAA) was organized in 1976 to promote communication and to disseminate information among its members. This symposium is Debbie Mahon held annually thanks to the volunteer efforts of a committee of the In 1990, Debbie Mahon was one of the youngest graduates of PGAA. For more information about the Professional Horticulture the Professional Horticulture Program. Soon after, she became Program, call the office of Domestic and International Studies at a horticulture instructor for the New Jersey Department of 610.388.5401 or visit longwoodgardens.org. Corrections, where she has been committed to helping young people develop professionally. For the past 16 years, Mahon has been the environmental advisor for her hometown in Lower Bucks County, PA and serves as its mayor. About Our Speakers Amani Olugbala Amani Olugbala, community educator at Soul Fire Farm, is a Ron Gagliardo storyteller and food justice advocate with more than 15 years of Ron Gagliardo grew up near the Florida Everglades, where experience in youth education and community outreach. Olugbala’s he developed a permanent passion for nature. He studied early work with Natural Leaders, Brother Yusuf, Youth Ed Venture botany at North Carolina State University and in 1993 joined the Network, and YO! underscored the necessity of reintroduction to Atlanta Botanical Garden curating tropical collections. After six land as a source of healing and power for those who have been years working to conserve amphibians, Gagliardo returned to historically and systematically disconnected. horticulture in 2014 as Amazon’s first horticulturist overseeing all aspects of horticulture and corporate landscapes at The Spheres. Ash Gillis Ash Gillis is a doctoral candidate in social psychology at Event Sponsors The Pennsylvania State University. Using their varied expertise, Gillis informs, develops, and evaluates programs that encourage Longwood Gardens, Chanticleer Foundation, Mt. Cuba Center, environmentally sustainable behavior. Gillis’ work has been and the Professional Gardener Alumni Association published in Global Environmental Change, Nature Climate The Symposium Selection Committee Change, and Journal of Environmental Psychology. Emily Reuther, 2011, (Event Coordinator) Owner, Five Senses Adam Glas Garden, LLC | Adam Glas, 2006, (Speaker Coordinator), Gardener Supervisor Adam Glas has worked at The Scott Garden Supervisor, The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore Arboretum of Swarthmore College since 2012. With a focus College | Martha Keen, 2016, (Marketing Coordinator), on sustainability and organic methods, he has been renovating Landscape Manager, Wyck; Horticulture Manager, Apiary and cultivating the Dean Bond Rose Garden. Glas graduated Studio | Tyler Bozzuto, 2017, Head Gardener and Property Mananger, Patterns | Alex Correia, 2019, Horticulturist, from the Professional Horticulture Program in 2004 and studied horticulture and landscape design at the University Longwood Gardens | Sandra Lopez Cortez, 2013, Gardener, of Wisconsin-River Falls. The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College | Hannah Maakestad, 2016, Design Lead, Terrain | Sarah Masterton, Charlotte Harris & Hugo Bugg Vice President, Education, Longwood Gardens | Susan Harris Bugg Studio is an award-winning landscape design Nichols, (Just Retired!) Registrar, Continuing Education, practice based in the UK whose clients include The National Longwood Gardens | Michael Strengari, 2014, Senior Trust, The Royal Horticultural Society’s new Bridgewater Horticulturist, Longwood Gardens | Hannah Watts, 2021, Celebrating 50 Years garden, botanic gardens in Jordan and Sweden, and estates Current Student, Professional Horticulture Program, Longwood of the Professional throughout England and Scotland. Winners of two gold Gardens | Nicole Wisner, 2011, Grower, Miller Plant Farm medals at RHS Chelsea, Harris Bugg Studio has been called Horticulture Program “pioneering design talents of their generation” and their work Special thanks to Susan Caldwell, Adam Dooling, David Mattern, Mark Mosinski, Victor Piatt, Shem Ruszczyk, Brian Trader, Jessica Today’s Horticulture Today’s Gardens At Longwood 2020 7, February PGAA Gardens Longwood 501 PO Box 19348-0501 Square, PA Kennett Return Service Requested has been featured in Country Living and Architectural Digest. Whitehead, and Deb Wiles Schedule Registration Registration Form 8 am Registration (Visitor Center) Professional Horticulture Alumni Spotlight Preregistration is required via paper registration or online. Today’s Horticulture Symposium Plant Sale (Patio of Oranges) Part Two: Horticultural Therapy at the NJDOC Sorry, no telephone registrations. No walk-ins will be accepted. February 7, 2020 Debbie Mahon The Symposium fee includes admission to Longwood Gardens, Longwood Gardens all lectures, CEUs, lunch, refreshments, and plant sale access. 8:50 am Welcome (Ballroom) The New Jersey Department of Corrections operates Emily Reuther, Event Coordinator the Jones Farm Horticulture Program in Mercer County. To register online, visit longwoodgardens.org/todayshorticulture. Instructor Debbie Mahon will present the day-to-day, To register by mail, please use the attached form. Name (for additional registrants, please use a copy of this form) 9 am The Thousand Year Wood: Past, Present, yearly, and professional achievements of the students and Future of People and Oaks she teaches, while also sharing some positive points in Onsite Symposium Pricing William Bryant Logan hiring a returning citizen. $119 Onsite Symposium Early Bird (if registered by January 4) $149 Onsite Symposium (if registered after January 4) Company/Institution Professional Horticulture Alumni Spotlight Oaks and people have been intimately connected since $75 Onsite Symposium PGAA Members (discounted rate applies Part Three: Why Not Roses? at least the Mesolithic Period. Learn about the long history to alumni who have paid 2019 dues) of that relationship including the many things oaks have Adam Glas taught us, in locations from Japan to Europe to California. Fall back in love with America’s national flower. Many Attend Online Address William Bryant Logan discusses the present possibilities gardeners are intimidated by roses because of their You may now participate in Today’s Horticulture anytime, anywhere, for planting and maintaining oaks in the landscape with reputation for being difficult to grow. Learn how new for free. You can access the symposium webcast, live or on demand, consideration given to the preferences of different species breeding efforts, sustainable growing methods, and trials using your preferred platform, including mobile device. For details or City, State, Zip and where they are best suited. for pest and disease resistance have positioned roses for to register, visit longwoodgardens.org/todayshorticulture. a renaissance and find out which ones are best for your 9:45 am Transforming Residential Landscapes garden. Telephone number Ash Gillis Cancellation Policy Early registrations are recommended. Seating is limited and registrations will be accepted on a first-come basis. With biodiversity in severe decline, one way to affect 2 pm Dessert/Coffee Break Registration fees will be refunded less a $30 processing fee if change is to radically increase native plants in residential requests are made by January 3, 2020. The event will be held Email landscapes. But what would motivate homeowners 2:15 pm Farming While Black: regardless of weather conditions. No refunds will be given if you to make this shift when faced with opposing societal Uprooting Racism, Seeding Sovereignty are unable to attend due to weather. pressure? This presentation offers insights from social Amani Olugbala Professional Horticulture Program Alumni? Y / N psychology and successful real-world examples of Accessibility Longwood Gardens and the Today’s Horticulture Some of our most cherished sustainable farming practices communities growing native plants together. Selection Committee